It is registered with the Department of Social Development and with the Department of Education. We offer quality education and care and can accommodate 220 children, as well as aftercare children.

We are very fond of our children and care very much for them. When they join us, they become part of our family. Many children have spent their entire crèche and pre-primary years at the educare. Some of them have also spent their aftercare years with us. The staff is commited to providing the best care and education possible for the children and quite often provide far more than is reasonably expected.

Raising a child is a great responsibility. We like to see it as a partnership between the parents and the educare, where the child is the beneficiary, because if we work together, the child can only benefit.

Premises

We are situated on the M5 North at 325 Koeberg Road, Rugby (between Milnerton and Brooklyn).

We have 2 buildings (it seems deceptively small from the outside) with more than 800m² of purpose built buildings and 5 parks, with ample climbing and other outdoor apparatus and equipment.

Amongst other facilities, there are

6 classrooms

3 nurseries

an aftercare room

a hall (with a stage)

a sickbay

a well stocked library

2 kitchens

This educare is equipped with everything the children could possibly need.

Principal and Staff

The owner and principal is Sue Mostert who has owned Eve’s Shoe Educare since August 2000. She has a B.A. degree with English and Psychology (Counselling) and she has an H.E.D. postgraduate teaching diploma.

She is ably assisted by:

Gloria Solomons - Deputy Principal & Gr R Co-ordinator

Yvonne Boyes - Administration Manager & Secretary

Cheryl Andrews - Senior Supervisor

On average, 20 other members of staff

Other General Information

Hours: we are open from Monday to Friday 6h30 – 18h00 throughout the year, except for public holidays and approximately 3½ weeks over the December holiday period.

We follow the following curricula

NELDS

for children from birth to 4 years. NELDS = National Early Learning & Development Standards for Children as prescribed by the department of basic education.

CAPS

for children in the Gr R classes which gets scaled down (age appropriately) for the children in the younger classes.

The children have 2 cooked meals per day with desert twice a week. Snacks and beverages are served in between. Children bring a snack for snack times.

We have excellent security and we do everything in our power to help ensure your child’s safety.

We have an annual concert and graduation ceremony in which all children participate from the age of 2 years old to Gr R. The Gr R’s receive a graduation certificate at this event.

A newsletter is distributed every 2 months to keep you informed of the activities and other newsworthy items relating to the educare.

We have educational shows and outings, which are highlights at the educare as the children thoroughly enjoy them.

Optional extra-murals that are offered by outside teachers are Click-a-Mouse, Actionball, Karate, Ballet and Crawl Squad.

Speech and Language Therapy is also offered on the premises.

We enrol children between the ages of 1 month and 7 years for the crèche and pre-primary school and primary school children for aftercare and holiday care.

REGISTRATIONS AND OTHER INFO

2017.WE WILL BE RE-OPENING ON 5 January 2017 FOR THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR.

REGISTRATIONS:Registrations for 2017 are still open and remain open right throughout the year. There is full or casual care available and you can also choose between half day or full day care. We are open during the school holidays and only close for approximately three and a half weeks over the December school holidays.There is also CASUAL HOLIDAY CARE for primary school children for any local, national or international children.

To register you need to fill in the preliminary application form on the site and e-mail/fax it to us (see contacts) or phone us to come and view the facilities.

All parents please note that our pre-primary school is for children between the ages of 4 and 6 years old (turning 4-6 years old that year) and the crèche/nursery school is for babies from 1 month to 3 years of age.

We are an Independent ECD (Early Childhood Development) Centre. Our Gr R‘s follow the CAPS curriculum as prescribed by the Department of Education and our younger children follow the NELDS curriculum. Our aim is to make our children as confident and as academically prepared for Primary School as possible. Our Gr R class(es) are well renowned and our graduates have made us very proud in the past as so many of them attend the best primary schools not only in the area and in the adjoining areas, but much further afield and many of them excel at primary school level. We will continue to strive for excellence.

As a matter of interest, which primary school your child will attend when he or she starts Gr 1, does not depend on which pre-primary school your child went to, it depends on where you live or where you work, as public primary schools have to mainly enrol children who live in the area around the school first. They can, however, admit a certain number of children from outside these areas, which is why most of our Gr R graduates, who are well-prepared, often can and do attend the primary schools of their choice, in spite of where they live. We will be happy to advise you in this regard should you require further information.

Gr R.If your child is turning 6 this year, please note that your child will be going to Gr 1 the following year and has to be school ready and preferably has to be in a Gr R class in their 6th year, as Gr R is the first year of schooling, not Gr 1 anymore. This is when the Foundation Phase--Gr R to Gr 3-- and therefore the CAPS curriculum, starts.

If you wish to come and view the facilities or want to enrol your child or if you wish to discuss anything not clear or have any other queries, please do not hesitate to give us a call to come and see us. Our tel. no is 021-511 5231 or email Yvonne at info@eveshoeeducare.co.za We look forward to meeting you!

GENERAL:--FACEBOOKAny interested parties can also view our Facebook page to see photo‘s of some of the events and activities that we have at Eve‘s Shoe Educare (crèche, pre-primary and aftercare/holiday care)

--TELEPHONE NO.Please note our alternate cell no. in case of a problem with the Telkom land line, is 0786569105.